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Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “Councils, charities, care providers, the NHS, and now as our polling shows, MPs and peers of all political colours, are fully united behind our call for urgent new funding to be injected into social care.

“We have long warned that social care stands on the brink of collapse, unless new money is announced by government.

“The measures taken by government, such as the ability for councils to raise council tax to pay for social care, will not bring in enough funding to solve the social care funding crisis.

Cllr Izzi Seccombe warns that social care stands on 'the brink of collapse'

“Genuinely new government money is now the only way to protect the services caring for elderly and disabled people, and ensure they can enjoy dignified and healthy lives.”

Of the MPs polled, 39 per cent strongly agreed, 40 per cent tended to agree, five per cent tended to disagree, five per cent strong disagreed, and 11 per cent did not know.

The LGA, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, says the funding gap facing social care is at least £2.6bn by 2020.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK said: “At Age UK we are hoping and praying that on Wednesday the Chancellor will announce an emergency funding package to prevent social care from collapsing this year and next, and his intention to use the time that investment buys to come up with a long term solution.

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Philip Hammond delivers the Spring Budget tomorrow

“Successive governments have ducked the challenge of putting social care onto a sustainable financial footing but now the evidence is all around us that the task can’t be put off any longer.

“Otherwise we risk whole districts becoming ‘care deserts’ in which it is all but impossible for older people to find the care they need.

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Caroline Abrahams says some districts risk becoming 'care deserts'

“If the Government has now recognised this they deserve our support.

“Social care is a fundamental public service which when delivered well can make a huge difference to older people’s health and quality of life, diverting some demand away from our hospitals.”